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It’s school choice week. Many kids don’t have choice in
where they go to school. The school choice movement is trying to
give them that opportunity

Of course, having choice when it comes to what
kids learn is important too. Many schools teach kids that
capitalism hurts people. So John Stossel started a charity called
Stossel in the Classroom. It offers teachers free videos that
introduce kids to free market ideas. Students rarely hear about
these ideas in school. Graduates from Queens Technical High School
in New York City who watched the videos while they were in high
school explained that the videos were different from what they were
used to. "They really opened up my mind to think differently" said
Xiomara Inga. Antonio Parada added the videos "changed the way that
I viewed the world." Gabriel Miller was so inspired by videos about
the founding of America, he decided to enlist in the National
Guard. He explains, "We are taught that this country is horrible."
But after watching the videos, "I felt ashamed for what I initially
believed…[so] I wanted to give back." Diony Perez was inspired to
open his own business, an auto leasing company called Familia Motor
Group. "The Stossel videos helped me become more of an
entrepreneur," Diony said. Other students explained that certain
videos like "The Unintended Consequences …" and "The Evil Rich"
stuck with them. Johann Astudillo learned about unintended
consequences from a video about minimum wage, "minimum wage
increase priced out young people from getting jobs into the
market." Victoria Guerrero learned that most rich people get rich
by providing some benefit to society. "If it wasn't for Steve Jobs
... our life would not be as easy as it is today." Stossel says he
is glad his charity helps students understand free market ideas.
The views expressed in this video are solely those of John Stossel;
his independent production company, Stossel Productions; and the
people he interviews. The claims and opinions set forth in the
video and accompanying text are not necessarily those of
Reason.

Here’s why this argument is so hilarious: the U.S.
government wastes our money all the time, every single day. In
fact, here are just a few things they spend our money on in just
the past several years.

Free To Choosein Under 2 Minutes –The
Power of the Market and The Tyranny Of Control

The government shutdown is now longer than any in
history. The media say it's a "crisis." The Washington Post talks
talks about the "shutdown's pain." The New York Times says it's
"just too much." John Stossel says: wait a second. Looking around
America, everything seems pretty normal. Life goes on. Kids still
play and learn, adults still work, stock prices have actually
increased during the shutdown. It's hardly the end of the world.
But he adds that the government shutdown is still a problem. For
some 400,000 furloughed workers, and another 400,000 working
without pay for now, the shutdown hurts. But while New York Times
columnist Paul Krugman calls it "Trump's big libertarian
experiment," Stossel notes that the shutdown is not libertarian.
Government's rules are still in effect, and soon workers will be
paid for not working. Stossel calls that an un-libertarian
experiment. Libertarians want to permanently cut government, not
shut down parts for a few weeks and then pay the workers anyway.
There are lessons to be learned from the shutdown. Government
stopped collecting trash and cleaning up public parks in DC, so
volunteers stepped in to pick up trash. Without so much government,
Stossel says, private citizens will often step in to do things
government workers used to do. Stossel says the shutdown highlights
where some government waste can be trimmed. Farmers don't get their
"support" checks during the shutdown. But Stossel asks–why should
they get checks at all? While the big subsidies go to grain and
corn farmers, most fruit and vegetable farmers get no subsidies.
They survive without them. Other farmers could, too. FDA inspection
of food has stopped during the shutdown. Paul Krugman asks smugly,
"does contaminated food smell like freedom?" But Stossel notes that
the main reason food is safe isn't government. It's competition.
Companies worry about their reputation. Just ask Chipotle, Stossel
says. Their stock fell by more than half after food poisoning
incidents at their stores; since then they have instituted far more
food inspection than government requires. Most food producers
already do that. Beef carcasses undergo hot steam rinses, and
microbiological testing goes well beyond what government requires.
Market competition protects us better than rule-bound government
bureaucrats. Stossel says most of government could be done away
with or privatized. Even airport security. TSA workers aren't
getting paid. But some airports (San Francisco, Orlando, Kansas
City, and 19 others) privatized security. Those workers are still
getting paid. They also do a better job. A leaked TSA study found
that the private security agents, in test runs, are much better at
detecting weapons in bags than the TSA. A congressional report
found they are also faster at processing passengers. Stossel says
that while politicians bicker about $5.7 billion in wall funding
(much less than 1 percent of the federal budget) what they really
should worry about is that America's debt will soon reach $22
trillion because government squanders money on useless things. At
union protests, government workers say "We are essential!" But
based on the above, Stossel says: Give us a break. The views
expressed in this video are solely those of John Stossel; his
independent production company, Stossel Productions; and the people
he interviews. The claims and opinions set forth in the video and
accompanying text are not necessarily those of Reason.

The immigrants who settled in this country were met with
few government programs and a truly free market. As they thrived in
this land of opportunity, economic and personal freedoms were
slowly legislated away, leaving us to wonder if we are still truly
living within a free economy. If economic decisions are not purely
based on results, then what is the alternative?

History is filled with examples of what happens with
government regulated industries compete with free markets. What
happens when the Invisible Hand is left to its natural course of
action? What unintended consequences arise from government
interference? Find out by watching Free To Choose in Under 2
Minutes – Episode 2, The Tyranny of Control.

In this classic footage from a Stanford University
lecture, Professor Friedman takes Q&A after his talk "The Role
of Government in a Free Society." In this exchange, a young man
describes poverty as a "market failure." Friedman, in
characteristic fashion, shows otherwise. Though this was recorded
around 1979, the exchange is timeless.

The U.S. Just Pledged $11B In ‘Aid’ to Mexico &
Central America -- But Can’t Fund a Border Wall?

While coming up with $5 billion out of a $3 trillion
budget to put toward a border wall and secure our own county is
apparently too much to ask, the federal government did just manage
to scrounge up a whopping $10.6 billion – most of it via American
taxpayer dollars – to fork over to Central America and Mexico in
foreign aid and “investment," all to try and keep people from
coming here.

"School is a place where children go to learn to be
stupid," said author and educator John Holt. Watch the video above
to learn more about the history of the unschooling movement, and to
meet some of its modern practitioners, like the Rios-Sherman
family. We also visited a school in Houston, Texas, that operates
on the "Sudbury model," in which the kids decide how to spend their
time, and vote on issues such as how to handle disciplinary matters
and the allocation of school funds. Produced by Zach Weissmueller.
Camera by Jim Epstein, Mark McDaniel, Brynmore Williams, and
Weissmueller.

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